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The Things We Do for Love
by Kristin Hannah
A woman's life is turned upside down when her husband leaves her and their children, forcing her to confront her past and find a new path forward.
The youngest of three daughters, Angela DeSaria Malone was always “the princess” of the family, a girl who thought she knew how her life would unfold. High School. College. Marriage. Motherhood. That ... (Goodreads)
Angel Falls
by Kristin Hannah
A woman travels to Venezuela to scatter her husband's ashes and discovers secrets about his past. She also finds love and healing in unexpected places.
When Mikaela Campbell, beloved wife and mother, falls into a coma, it is up to her husband, Liam, to hold the family together and care for their grieving, frightened children. Doctors tell him not to ... (Goodreads)
Night Road
by Kristin Hannah
A mother's journey of self-discovery, as she struggles to overcome tragedy.
For eighteen years, Jude Farraday has put her children's needs above her own, and it shows—her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers. When Lexi Baill moves into their small, close-knit ... (Barnes & Noble)
Now That You Mention It
by Kristan Higgins
After being hit by a car, a woman returns to her hometown to heal and confront her past. She learns to forgive and find love.
From the bestselling author of If You Only Knew and Life and Other Inconveniences comes a witty, emotionally charged novel about the complications of love, family and going home again, One step ... (Barnes & Noble)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
A touching story of the intersection of love, family, and culture during World War II.
Henry Lee, the son of Chinese parents in Seattle , Washington, is the only Asian child at his elementary school. His father makes him wear an "I Am Chinese" button so he will not be mistaken for a ... (Wikipedia)
Keeper of the Light
by Diane Chamberlain
A woman inherits a lighthouse and discovers secrets about her family's past. She must confront the truth to find peace.
Lose yourself in this captivating tale of love and betrayal, lies and forgiveness, from, New York Times, bestselling author Diane Chamberlain. Dr. Olivia Simon is on duty in the emergency room of ... (Goodreads)
The House on Tradd Street
by Karen White
Real estate agent inherits a haunted house and uncovers secrets of the past. A ghostly mystery with a touch of romance.
Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can see ghosts. But she's going to have to accept it. An old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, complete with ... (Goodreads)
Summer Rental
by Mary Kay Andrews
Three friends rent a beach house for the summer, navigating love, friendship, and secrets in a charming coastal town.
Sometimes, when you need a change in your life, the tide just happens to pull you in the right direction… Ellis, Julia, and Dorie. Best friends since Catholic grade school, they now find themselves, ... (Goodreads)
Bridge of Sighs
by Richard Russo
A sweeping story of a small town and its inhabitants, facing the challenges of life and love.
Bridge of Sighs courses with small-town rhythms and the claims of family. Here is a town, as well as a world, defined by magnificent and nearly devastating contradictions. Louis Charles (“Lucy”) ... (Goodreads)
The Hit
by David Baldacci
A retired secret service agent is recruited to track down a missing witness.
Will Robie is a master of killing. A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming ... (Goodreads)
All Your Perfects
by Colleen Hoover
A couple's marriage is tested by infertility and secrets, forcing them to confront their past and present struggles.
Colleen Hoover delivers a tour de force novel about a troubled marriage and the one old forgotten promise that might be able to save it. Quinn and Graham’s perfect love is threatened by their ... (Goodreads)
The Tiger's Wife
by Téa Obreht
A young doctor in a war-torn Balkan country uncovers the secrets of her grandfather's past, including his relationship with a mysterious woman known as the Tiger's Wife.
Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Téa Obreht, the youngest of The New Yorker ’s twenty best American fiction writers under forty, has spun a timeless novel that will ... (Goodreads)
Beach Music
by Pat Conroy
A man's struggle to confront his past and find peace with his present.
An American expatriate in Rome unearths his family legacy in this sweeping novel by the acclaimed author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is ... (Goodreads)
Explosive Eighteen
by Janet Evanovich
Amateur detective Stephanie Plum navigates a series of dangerous cases with her quirky sidekicks.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich.,, B,efore Stephanie can even step foot ... (Goodreads)
In a Dark, Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware
A woman discovers the secrets of her past while attending a weekend getaway with old friends.
In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until, out of the blue, an invitation to ... (Goodreads)
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
An uplifting story of a race car driver and the bond between humans and animals.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by ... (Goodreads)
Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen
A tale of family secrets and magical powers, set in a small Southern town.
Claire Waverley lives alone in small Bascom, North Carolina. The only person she's close to is an elderly relative named Evanelle, who has the gift of giving people exactly what they need before they ... (Wikipedia)
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
by James Patterson
A heart-wrenching love story told through the pages of a diary, revealing secrets and unexpected twists.
Beautifully captures the joys of a new family as it builds to an overwhelmingly moving climax. This is an unforgettable love story, at once heartbreaking and full of hope. James Patterson has written ... (Goodreads)
The Lies We Told
by Diane Chamberlain
A family's secrets unravel when their daughter's boyfriend goes missing. Twists and turns keep you guessing until the end.
Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from ... (Barnes & Noble)
Defending Jacob
by William Landay
A father must defend his son who is accused of murder, unraveling the truth of a complex crime.
Andy Barber is an assistant district attorney in Newton , Massachusetts. He is investigating the murder of a 14-year-old boy, Ben Rifkin, who was a classmate of his son Jacob and was found stabbed to ... (Wikipedia)
Wondrous Strange
by Lesley Livingston
A young actress discovers she is a faerie princess and must navigate the dangerous world of the fae to save both their realm and the mortal world.
Kelley Winslow is a teenage actress who lives in New York! When the lead actress in their production of Shakespeare 's, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets injured, Kelley goes from understudy to star in ... (Wikipedia)
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
A woman's quest to uncover the secrets of her family's past, leading to a mysterious garden.
At Nell's joyous 21st birthday party her world falls apart when her father tells her she was adopted as a 4-year-old in 1913, seemingly abandoned on an Australian wharf and unable to remember her ... (Wikipedia)
Escape
by Barbara Delinsky
A woman escapes her abusive husband and starts a new life, but her past catches up with her.
In her luminous new novel, Barbara Delinsky explores every woman’s desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriage—and the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the ... (Goodreads)
Sweet Salt Air
by Barbara Delinsky
Two childhood friends reunite on an island off the coast of Maine to write a cookbook, but secrets from their past threaten to tear them apart.
On Quinnipeague, hearts open under the summer stars and secrets float in the, Sweet Salt Air,... Charlotte and Nicole were once the best of friends, spending summers together in Nicole's coastal ... (Barnes & Noble)
Slightly South of Simple
by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Three sisters reunite in their family home in the South, each facing their own personal struggles and secrets.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER, *,Glitter Guide,’s “Must Reads for April”, *,PopSugar,’s “Ultimate Summer Reading”, *,Bustle,’s Books to Read and Discuss With Your Mom and Grandma, *,New York Live’,s “Ashley’s ... (Barnes & Noble)
Little Bee
by Chris Cleave
A Nigerian refugee's quest for survival and a British woman's search for redemption.
Using alternating first-person perspectives , the novel tells the stories of Little Bee, a Nigerian refugee, and Sarah O'Rourke (née Summers), a magazine editor from Surrey . After spending two years ... (Wikipedia)
The Promise of Stardust
by Priscille Sibley
A man must decide whether or not to remove his brain-dead wife from life support, while also facing a legal battle for custody of their unborn child.
Matt Beaulieu was two years old the first time he held Elle McClure in his arms, seventeen when he first kissed her under a sky filled with shooting stars, and thirty-three when they wed. Now in ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Pact
by Jodi Picoult
A tragic story of teenage friends struggling with a tragic lapse in judgment.
In the fall of 1979, the Golds, consisting of a recently pregnant Melanie Gold and her husband Michael Gold, moved into the small town of Bainbridge, New Hampshire . They moved in next door to the ... (Wikipedia)
Homeport
by Nora Roberts
Art expert returns to her family home in Maine and becomes embroiled in a dangerous mystery involving stolen art and a handsome art thief.
After an assault at her family home in Maine, Dr. Miranda Jones is determined to put the experience behind her. Distraction comes when she is summoned to Italy—to verify the authenticity of a ... (Goodreads)
Girls' Night In
by Lauren Henderson
Four friends reunite for a weekend of wine, gossip, and secrets. But their pasts and present collide, leading to unexpected revelations.
21 TALES FROM THE HOTTEST FEMALE WRITERS In this must-have short-story collection, Jennifer Weiner revisits on of her Good in Bed characters (and tells the story from, ahem, his point of view), Jill ... (Goodreads)
